[bsenftner]

He's on to something. The prose drops little passages easy to criticize, but the overall essay has good reasoning. I strongly agree the events one attends creating an alternative reality are more therapeutic and necessary than many are willing to admit.

[smackeyacky]

Where did you find any nugget of wisdom hiding in this dangerous bunkum? Holistc healing and organic farming are what we abandoned so we wouldn't starve to death or mistake sepsis for being bedevilled. There isn't any reason in any of it, the whole essay is abandonment of reason.

[jazzyjackson]

Holistic healing and organic farming haven’t been abandoned at all, industrial farming and pharmaceuticals have merely dwarfed them thanks to its economic efficiency.

But building soil and mixing a little wu with your morning stretches never hurt anyone (you do stretch in the morning, don’t you?)

[mojuba]

I also liked the idea that true festivals (and riots) can serve as a regular reminder what it means to not have order in the society. It's a big immersive "what if" show.